The State Journal will recognize the accomplishments of five high school girls basketball athletes from our coverage area each week. The efforts may not be the greatest statistically, but are notable.

Standing at 6-foot-1, 185 pounds, Lansu is coming off an impressive junior season at Downers Grove North High School. He threw for 1,982 passing yards, 22 touchdowns and only three interceptions.

A Des Moines teen is in custody Wednesday after police were called to North High School for a report of a student with a gun. The incident happened around 2 p.m. Wednesday. According to the Des ...

“What could I have done differently?” Top-seeded Manheim Central lost to No. 16 Spring Grove 45-38 in the District Three Class 5A boys basketball first round at Derbyshire Gym Tuesday nigh ...

On Feb. 3, nearly 30 Grove City residents, including district coaches, parents and community members showed up at a school board meeting to protest the relocation of the fitness center into the ...

The mascot currently used by West High School was designed in 2005 by former student and professional illustrator Jeff Butler. He said the proposed mascots lack the character and quality of his ...

A viral Instagram post from Elite Football Academy, a local football training facility, recently sparked some light-hearted trash talk by asking participants which high school mascot in St. Louis ...

FREEBURG — A proposed state bill could make Freeburg High School change its controversial mascot, the "Midgets," a term many people with dwarfism consider a slur. State Rep. Maurice West ...

A sign outside of Freeburg Community High School reads “home of the mighty Midgets.” The school’s mascot has been a source of controversy and media attention for years. Joshua Carter ...